In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 100: Chase all the way to the city

Huang Ben reacted very quickly. Seeing Lin Rui personally rushing down with the cavalry, he immediately led the Han soldiers to retreat to the side of the hillside, and the remaining Han men and women also ran down the hillside.

Lin Rui and Na Muzhong led [-] cavalry, directly passed Huang Ben and the Han men and women, and rushed towards the [-] servants led by Wang Pu.

Seeing the Tatars chasing after them, Wang Pu and the servants were so frightened that they ran forward desperately, without sacrificing any power.

Originally, Wang Pu planned to use those vehicles and supplies to block the opponent, but fortunately, those vehicles had been collected by the 100 servants and the Ming army who arrived.

At this time, Wang Pu led a group of servants to run and shout to meet the enemy. However, when the Ming soldiers discovered the overwhelming cavalry and horses behind them, their own commanders were running for their lives again, and they all ran away.

Wang Pu didn't expect them to be able to block the cavalry behind them. Looking at the soldiers fleeing in all directions, he rushed over with his servants without slowing down at all.

Obviously, Wang Pu didn't care about these ordinary Ming soldiers at all. As long as those elite servants were fine, all [-] ordinary soldiers would be dead. It wouldn't be long before he could pull out another army of tens of thousands.

Lin Rui and Na Muzhong were also in hot pursuit with their cavalry.

At this moment, the ranks of more than 3 Ming troops have all dispersed. They are nearly ten miles apart from the beginning to the end, and they are all trotting forward desperately. This situation cannot stop the menacing cavalry at all.

As a result, there were more than 3 troops. The servants led by Wang Pu himself suffered heavy casualties in the collision. Lin Rui and the others who came after them crushed them again.

Fortunately, Lin Rui and the others did not spread out fully. They also left a distance of one or two hundred steps on the river bank and down the hillside. In addition, Lin Rui did not care about these infantry, so some of the Ming army infantry survived.

When Governor Liang Tingdong and other generals of the Ming army saw that something was not going well, they all turned their horses and fled back with their servants.

However, because Wang Pu's escape was too sudden, the speed of the war horse could not be increased for a while. They were all overtaken by Wang Pu's servants one by one, and ended up being the cannon fodder at the bottom.

"Kill, as long as they are on horseback, shoot them!"

Lin Rui waved the long knife while roaring with a red face, obviously vowing to kill all these officials to vent the anger that had been suppressed in his heart since he traveled through time.

The Jurchen cavalry who had already crossed the river to the west bank were stunned by this scene on the east bank.

Hauge and Sony were also shocked and opened their mouths, not knowing what happened.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what are they doing? Is it because the gang of horse bandits and the Ming army were arguing over the uneven distribution of the spoils, leading to internal strife?"

"It should be close to ten."

"Damn it, why didn't they start fighting earlier?"

Hauge nodded, then gritted his teeth with hatred.

If you want to take people to wade across, the shore is full of Ming troops. If you want to take a detour from the lower reaches, it is obviously too late.

Finally, he said: "Sony, please bring some people to see if we can cross the wooden bridge."

"Ah, Your Majesty, that wooden bridge is too narrow, so let's forget it. Besides, the brothers' bowstrings are all wet, so it's really not appropriate to fight anymore!"

Sony reminded him with a bitter look on his face that the wooden bridge was too narrow and not many people could pass at once.

What's more, those fleeing Ming troops couldn't just watch them cross the bridge, they would definitely burn the bridge.

"Just go if I tell you to. Where's all the nonsense?"

Hauge whipped it, obviously unwilling to give it a try and wanted to give it a try.

"twitter!"

Sony had no choice but to order a thousand cavalry and kill towards the wooden bridge upstream.

Sure enough, a group of Ming soldiers who had just escaped to the shore and were thinking about whether to cross the wooden bridge and return to the Ming Dynasty from the other side found that the Houjin Tatars on the other side were coming to kill them. They did not hesitate to find a pile of hay. , the wooden bridge was set on fire.

On this side, Wang Pu and his men had already escaped to the gap. After slowing down their horses a little, they wanted Lu Zong and his men who were guarding here to block the gap. Unfortunately, the generals who were fleeing behind were only one step slower. Lin Rui and the others were chasing after these generals.

Lu Zong, the commander of Nayang Hewei, was not stupid. Seeing that Wang Pu himself was running non-stop with his servants, he only left a few words. How could he be willing to stay here to plug the gap?

Without saying a word, he took his servants and fled towards his acropolis.

After Lin Rui and Na Muzhong led some cavalry to chase out of the gap, they ordered her: "Nam Zhong, you and others will continue to chase. Don't let those Ming army generals escape into the city. I'll stay here and wait." The following troops will pass!"

"Rui Lang, will we offend all the Ming Dynasty officials in Datong to death? I'm worried..."

"What are you afraid of? Go after them and kill them all if you catch them!" Lin Rui said in a serious tone.

"All right!"

This was the first time Namuzhong saw Lin Rui talking to her in this tone, so she didn't dare to be verbose anymore, and chased after the two thousand cavalry who rushed in.

After leaving the gap, the terrain gradually opened up. Namuzhong and the cavalry suddenly felt like a fish in the sea, and their speed did not slow down at all after changing horses.

As for Wang Pu and other Ming army generals and servants, they were all one person and one horse. The other generals and servants were fine.

But Wang Pu's thousand servants had already run for dozens of miles in one breath, and the horses began to feel weak and could not stand up.

"No, the Tatars are catching up again."

“Damn, are these Tartars crazy?”

When Wang Pu saw that these Tatars wanted to kill them all, he was angry and cursed.

The other generals did not care about Wang Pu. When they saw the Tatars chasing after them, they all jumped on their horses and fled. Wang Pu, who was just about to take a breath, saw this and had to continue to flee with his servants, but it didn't take long for him to fall behind.

Almost all of them chose to flee to the sun and the Acropolis, and did not dare to escape into the castle. Obviously, these generals were extremely afraid of death, worried that the small castle could not withstand the Tatar attack.

........."Commander, you run away first, I will wait behind you to cover you."

"Yes, Marshal, run away quickly, the Tatars are about to catch up."

When some of Wang Pu's servants saw that their horses obviously couldn't hold on for much longer and that the Tatars were about to catch up, they all rushed to him.

"Okay, don't worry, I will never treat your family badly when I return."

Wang Pu also knew that it was impossible to cut off the rear without leaving people behind, so he had no choice but to say a few words, slap the horse's butt hard, and kill towards Yanghe Acropolis.

Those servants whose horses still had enough strength also followed suit, and in the end, a full 300 people chose to stay behind.

Seeing that less than half of the servants around him were missing, Wang Pu's heart was bleeding. He didn't feel sorry for those servants.

Instead, he feels sorry for the pensions given to them, as well as the armors and weapons on their bodies, and the war horses under their crotches. These things are all the wealth he has accumulated through hard work!
Looking at the entire army of the Ming Dynasty, there are only a handful of people who can afford a thousand elite cavalry servants. It is because of his geographical advantage and the original wealth of his family that he can afford such a rich family. Who would have thought of a single move? If you are not careful, you will lose [-]%.

Thinking of this, Wang Pu wanted to kill Liang Tingdong who forced him to send troops.

But I felt a lot better when I thought that I didn't see that guy just now, and he probably died in the chaos.

After Wang Pu left, three hundred servants drew out their long swords, turned their horses' heads, and rushed towards the chasing Mongolian cavalry.

"Brothers, after 18 years, you are a good man again. Kill me!"

"Come on, stop these Tatars, we must not let them catch up with the commander!"

"Fight them!"

Nearly three hundred servants all had red eyes. They rushed and roared, and they all looked forward to death.

"Change horses and disperse!"

Namuzhong obviously did not expect that these Ming soldiers who had been chased all the way would have the courage to control their horses and fight back. However, seeing that they were well-equipped and had hundreds of people, she did not want to confront them head-on.

The Mongolian cavalry who rushed in front jumped on their horses on both sides after hearing the order, and then headed towards the wheat fields on both sides, leaving only the empty horses still running on the official road.

"boom…"

The two sides soon collided with each other, and for a while they were knocked upside down. However, almost all of the Mongolian cavalry who fell down were empty horses. The Mongolian cavalry behind also controlled their horses to go around the wheat field, and then shot from both sides. Kill those servants who have not fallen.

Although many of the three hundred servants fell down during the collision, and most of them were shot to death by the Mongolian cavalry who passed by, they were still blocked for some time.

When Namuzhong led the cavalry from the wheat fields to the official road again and chased them to the city, Wang Pu happened to escape into Yanghe City with his servants. There were even dozens of horses foaming at the mouth lying down under the city.

Seeing this scene, Namu Zhong was so angry that he had to circle around the city a few times and shoot a few arrows towards the city to vent his anger.

After all, in order to chase these Ming troops, they also lost many horses along the way, especially in the collision just now.

Just when Namuzhong was about to lead people back, Habeier came over with more than 200 cavalry.

"Sister Namuzhong, didn't you catch up?"

"Yes, they were stopped and allowed to escape into the city."

"Why did Rui Lang ask you to come here?" Na Muzhong looked at her in confusion.

"My husband said that if we don't catch up, we should stay outside the city and don't let those Ming army generals escape to Datong City." Hubbell said quickly.

"What, is Rui Lang still planning to attack this city?"

Namuzhong looked at the tall city walls and towers not far away, as well as the wide moat under the city, and was suddenly surprised.

This was the first time she had seen such a big city. It was more than ten times larger than the Baihu Fort that she had captured.

"I don't know. Anyway, that's what my husband said, so it should be so."

It was also the first time for Hubbell to see such a big city. After talking about it, he was also looking forward to what it would be like after the city was conquered.

"That's it, sister Belle, you can stay here. I'll go back and discuss it with Rui Lang."

Na Muzhong was worried that Lin Rui would forcefully attack this big city, so she wanted to go back and persuade them. This city was so tall, and even with their small number of troops, it would be difficult to attack it.

"Okay then." Hubbell nodded without saying anything.

Namuzhong only brought more than 200 cavalry and headed along the road.

When they returned to Yanghekou, the remaining horses and cavalry also came in. Lin Rui originally wanted to receive the stragglers at the gap, but who would have thought that the defeated soldiers thought they were Tatars and did not dare to come this way. , he was too lazy to go back and catch those rabble.

"Rui Lang, are Huang Ben and the others coming?"

"Not yet, I guess I'll have to wait until evening."

Lin Rui shook his head. Huang Ben and the others would definitely bring with them the Han people captured by the Jiannu, as well as the discarded materials and vehicles. They might also capture some Ming army prisoners along the way.

"Then do you want me to take someone to pick them up?" Namuzhong said, thinking that the Jurchens were on the west bank.

"Okay, then I'll thank you for the hard work. Tell Huang Ben not to worry about capturing prisoners, but to come here before dark."

"Yes, I remember." Namuzhong was not tired, but this time he only brought five hundred cavalry.

(End of this chapter)